My Ol’ Standby Mitt Pattern

My Grandgirls adore fingerless mitts. They’re trendy and cute – and more importantly, they can whip out their cellphones and send a text, mitts in place without missing a beat. In their world, these are a highly practical part of their winter fashionwear.

I enjoy both knitting and wearing fingerless mitts also, so I completely understand when they request a new pair. Although there’s many intricate and beautiful designs available, I prefer Jacoby– a free pattern from Berroco.

My first successful ‘in the round’ project!

I’ve knit a half dozen pair of these mitts and found the pattern to be easy and straight forward. In fact, fingerless mitts from this pattern were the first project I managed on dpn’s.

The pattern is great for all sizes since the ribbing makes it extraordinarily stretchy. I did cast on a few less stitches on this pair to provide for a snug fit on a certain skinny ten year old, yet the intended recipient’s Great Grandmother is modeling them quite comfortably here. Doesn’t Great Grandma have beautiful hands?

One of the things I appreciate in this pattern is the ease of modification. I prefer a P2, K1 ribbing, an easy change – and I most always add extra stitches to the thumb and knit it an inch or so longer than the pattern instructs. Once past the thumb, I keep going so there’s a flap to fold back or forward to protect fingertips on extra chilly days.

If you’re looking for the details on my modifications, you can see them on their Ravelry project pages: here and here.

If you have an ol’ standby mitt pattern – do share, Crafty Friends! I’d love to have a look.

Love your fingerless mitts as well as suggested mods. My favorite is Cafe au Lait Mitts which can be seen on my Ravelry page here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/yarnqueen/cafe-au-lait-mitts
I gave a pair of the ones I knitted from Trekking to my cousin who lives on Long Island last year. She wore them this year during their 2 week power outage when the house got down to 39 degrees! Was glad I gifted them to her!

Oh Kristen, I’m so glad to hear about these mitts from someone who’s knit them. I’ve admired them for quite awhile, now I can pop them in my queue with confidence! 🙂 Yours are absolutely beautiful! Bright cheerful colors like those are my favorite and look so great with the crosshatch lace pattern. Isn’t it gratifying when someone lets you know how much they love and use your knitted gift? She was clearly meant to have them! ♥

Hi I’m new to your blog and I wanted to say I love the mittens, my daughter will love them even more. Earlier today she told me that she needed a pattern to make her friend a pair of fingerless mittens for her birthday (her friends always request homemade gifts from her), so this will be perfect. Thanks again.

Oh great news thanks so much, I get confused with your yarn weights 🙂 I have only just learned to knit on four needles after 50 years of knitting lol and I just love this way of knitting!
Thanks for the welcome 🙂

Just got these done yesterday!!! I did them two at a time, which takes longer, but when I was done, I was done!!! Thanks for sharing the pattern.
[img]http://www.ravelry.com/projects/bonewoman/jacoby[/img]